No. 2 Kentucky set a school record on January 16, 1996 with 86 points in the first half and finished with the highest-scoring road game in its 93-year history, a 129-97 Southeastern Conference victory Tuesday night over Louisiana State at Baton Rouge, La.
Forward Antoine Walker scored 28 of his game-high 32 points in the first half as Kentucky took an 86-42 lead at halftime. It was 13th highest-scoring half in Division I history, with the record being 97 by Oklahoma against U.S. International in 1989. The Wildcats' previous high for a half was 75 in a 143-66 victory over Georgia in 1956.
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Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter's Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.